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Binding: Video Game Brand: Konami EAN: 0083717300182 ESRB Age Rating: Mature Label: Konami Manufacturer: Konami MPN: 30018 Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Xbox Publisher: Konami Studio: Konami Features:
Accessories: Editorial Review: Product Description: You are a mercenary named Solid Snake entrusted with the battle against an array of enemies, including Metal Gear, a nuclear capable robot. In this latest edition, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, you must stop deadly weapons of mass destruction from falling into the wrong hands. Secret weapons technology is being shipped on an oil tanker to an unknown destination. You must infiltrate the transport and foil their evil plans. Amazon.com Review: Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is the PS2 espionage action game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty with new playable characters, new VR missions, and a few twists. More than 350 new and moderately interesting VR missions fill in some of the gaps in the original game's story. There are also five separate "Snake Stories" that act as new missions. These take place apart from the main story, making them feel less like an expansion to the sprawling events in Sons of Liberty and more like an unconnected romp designed to pad the original game. Unfortunately, the "Snake Stories" lack the thrill, tension, and exposition that made Sons of Liberty so special. The "substance" is nothing more or less than a collection of disconnected additions to the core game Sons of Liberty, which remains unchanged from its original release: you play as Solid Snake in stealthy espionage/assault missions, infiltrating the lairs of bad guys to take down nuclear-powered bipedal creations called Metal Gears. Snake has all kinds of tricks up his sleeves: high tech weapons, the ability to sneak around undetected--he can even flip over the side of a railing to hide (a "Grip Meter" counts down, increasing the tension and making you pray the enemy walks away). Both a boon and a detriment to the game is its reliance on cinematic scenes to further the convoluted plot. They're well-rendered and professionally done, but you'll seemingly find yourself spending more time watching the game than playing it. Substance is worthwhile for anyone who doesn't already own Sons of Liberty. That goes double for Xbox and GameCube fans, because the game looks much better on those consoles than it did on PS2. For those who've already played the original, this reissue just doesn't add enough, pardon me, substance, to merit purchasing it again. --Bob Andrews Pros:
Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Nice concept, terrible execution.I really like Splinter Cell. MGS2 is no Splinter Cell... not even close! The one main problem is the horrible camera angles. Just let me play in 1st person mode! Next, why in the world doesn't Snake have a knife? If I had just put a terrorist to sleep, knowing he'd wake up again in a few minutes, I'd just slit his throat! At the very least, toss him overboard, toss his weapons overboard, or something!!! And why can't I pick up their weapons? Also, ... Read More Rating:  - MGS 2 isn't quite as memoriable as the first, but its good.We find our hero Snake secretly boarding an oil tanker ship that belongs to the United States Marines. The reason: there is a new Metal Gear, codenamed Ray, as it's cargo. Just as our boy Snake gets on board, the entire ship is brutally taken over by terrorists of Russian decent. Just as Snake makes his way to the bowels of the ship where it's cargo is being held, and after a moment of intensity between the Marines and terrorists, Revolver Ocelot jumps into Ray and sinks the ship killing everyone and ... Read More Rating: - Understanding the MGS fansI see a lot of reviews comparing MGS to Ghost Recon. The problem is the most the the people who play MGS know MGS from the day when most gamers today where still in there diapers. Metal Gear is an almost 20 year old game. I saw some diaper wearer here posted that the game had no story line. Its what happens when you pick up a book and read the last chapter. Then again, kids today don't have to know how to read to graduate, so I guess I can't expect them to know what a good story line was if it smacked ... Read More Rating: - Disappointing!!!I took the plunge and bought this recently for $6.99 from my local video store, and I'm taking it back. My sense from reading previous reviews is that many gamers are inclined to like this game on the Xbox because they have enjoyed previous versions on another console (PS2 I think). And I'm ok with that. I need to admit here that my only frame of reference for this game is the Splinter Cell series on XBOX and for that reason the gameplay is just so disappointing to me. Read More Rating: - mgs2this is one of the most fun and addictive games i have ever played. sme bits are annoying like when you have to do something or go somewhere and you dont know how or where. the cutscenes are interesting but also quite tedious. also the person who saves for you is raidens girlfriend so after when you save you normally get a long speech about how empty raidens room is and why he wont sleep next to her and when they met they argued over what building king kong climbed up or something like that. there are lots of ... Read More |
